When we are talking about the private information of pupils and staff, security is an obvious priority. If you are considering a cloud solution as part of your IT strategy, it is important to understand how data is handled and how it is protected when using cloud-based solutions. As IT support and security experts, Techs4Education has the answers you’re looking for.
What is cloud computing?
Cloud computing and cloud solutions are woolly terms for some very technical products. It’s unfortunate that the first thing people think of when discussing the cloud is sending data to random places on the internet and trusting a company they have never met with personal data. That is not how the cloud works.
Using a cloud solution essentially means that instead of buying and running your own server and software, you rent resources in a secure data centre. Your data is completely private and not accessible by anyone else and will be encrypted and securely stored by the company. You maintain control but don’t have to pay as much as managing it all yourself.
The cloud solutions Techs4Education provides are probably safer than your current IT security. In fact, we would confidently say that they are safer than most schools of any size in the UK right now.
We use only reputable providers with track records of secure data protection. They use state-of-the art data centres with more security than most of us could possibly afford. They take every precaution it is possible to take to protect customer data. After all, their entire business depends on never losing a thing.
Put it this way, do you think a school could build a more secure, more stable data centre than Google or Microsoft? Could that school spend as much on security? On developing products? On maintenance or on identifying threats before they happen? Do they have the kind of resources to deliver disaster recovery that covers entire continents? I imagine most organisations don’t have that kind of money.
Effective data security for schools
We can all agree that the absolute priority for both you and Techs4Education is the safety and security of your data. Whether that’s for pupils, staff or scripts for the school play, it all deserves to be protected to the maximum possible degree.
You should now have a good idea of just how much effort is expended on making sure any data stored in the cloud is safe. But what about transport? How can you protect the data when uploading it to the cloud or downloading it?
The solutions Techs4Education provide can manage those risks too. We can ensure all data is encrypted before it leaves the school and uploaded using a further encrypted secure VPN. That same secure VPN can be used to download data and will provide the very latest, most robust security available at the time.
If you work with Techs4Education, we can also secure your local data, your network and your computers with the latest solutions. When data is so important, we don’t take any chances!
If you would like to know more about cloud solutions for your school or college, contact Techs4Education. We would be happy to help!